Blarney Castle, County Cork, Ireland

Blarney Castle, built in 1210 over an earlier structure, and rebuilt in 1446 by the MacCarthys of Muskerry, near Cork in County Cork, Ireland. In the castle is the Blarney Stone or Stone of Eloquence. It is believed that anyone kissing the stone will be granted the gift of eloquence. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Blarney Castle, built in 1210 over an earlier structure, and rebuilt in 1446 by the MacCarthys of Muskerry, near Cork in County Cork, Ireland. In the castle is the Blarney Stone or Stone of Eloquence. It is believed that anyone kissing the stone will be granted the gift of eloquence. Picture by Manuel Cohen